Undercurrents
In 2016, the Visions Art Museum in San Diego, CA, asked six fabric artists to present work that featured the human figure in motion. In response, I created “Undercurrents,” poetic underwater ballets rendered in vivid silk fabrics. In addition to the Visions Art Museum, the original four Undercurrents were displayed in the California Heritage Museum in Santa Monica, CA, and The World Bank in Washington, DC.
Inspired by “The Water Dancer,” by Ta-Nahisi Coates, I found myself drawn to the water again in 2023.
“The Water Dancer”
Could memory have the power to transport an enslaved people to freedom? In his novel, “The Water Dancer,” Ta-Nahisi Coates poses the question: What if the captives who leaped from slave ships into the Atlantic Ocean were not drowning themselves in terror and anguish but going home, dancing among the waves in one last song of triumph?
“The Water Dancer” is in “Open 23” at the DeYoung Museum. Alice discussed this work on KQED on November 9. Listen Now.
Cotton, silk and organza fabrics, appliqued and stitched.
(2023)
63” x 60”
[SOLD]
“Somewhere in Me There Lives Giselle”
In my dreams I fly with the grace and poise of Giselle. This is the third in a series of underwater ballets.
Silk and cotton fabrics
(2016)
63” x 56”
$8000
“Dance of the Firebird”
It is said of the Firebird of classical dance that she would show her brilliant plumage only to those who love beauty and seek to make beauty.
Silk and cotton fabrics
(2016)
53” x 60”
[SOLD]
“Why Am I Not Where You Are?”
It is a given that the human heart is never constant. Acceptance is never complete. The prize is always just beyond the outstretched reach.
Silk and cotton fabrics
(2016)
48” x 62”
$8000
“Take Me to Church”
“I’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies.
I’ll tell you my sins and you can sharpen your knife.” (Based on the song by Hozier and the dance by Sergei Polunin)
Silk and cotton fabrics
(2016)
57” x 75”
$8000